The Ganjiang River in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, as pictured on Oct. 27, 2013. Due to the decrease of rainfall and less water flowing in from the upper reaches, the water level of the Ganjiang River has seen a rapid and continuous drop. It declined to 12.27 meters at 6 p.m. on Sunday, breaking the previous record low of 12.34 meters as measured on Jan. 2, 2012. The stream flow of the Ganjiang River in the Nanchang segment stands at 558 cubic meters per second, approaching the drying alert of 520 cubic meters per second. [Photo: Xinhua]